{
  "status": "Illustrative acceptance plan, not an executable test suite or observed production result",
  "topic": "SaaS deletion propagation architecture",
  "date": "2026-11-04",
  "sourceArticle": "https://aptixlabs.com/insights/saas-data-deletion-propagation",
  "setup": [
    "Use synthetic accounts and records",
    "Record the environment and implementation version",
    "Agree the expected product contract before testing"
  ],
  "reviewSequence": [
    "Inventory primary derived and exported copies",
    "Prevent stale jobs from recreating removed material",
    "Track completion and exceptions by deletion operation"
  ],
  "cases": [
    {
      "id": "1",
      "condition": "Indexing runs after removal begins",
      "expectedBehavior": "The document is not recreated",
      "observedBehavior": null,
      "status": "not_run"
    },
    {
      "id": "2",
      "condition": "One dependency is unavailable",
      "expectedBehavior": "Cleanup remains visible and retryable",
      "observedBehavior": null,
      "status": "not_run"
    },
    {
      "id": "3",
      "condition": "A stale cache entry exists",
      "expectedBehavior": "The access path respects current removal state",
      "observedBehavior": null,
      "status": "not_run"
    }
  ],
  "tradeoff": "Synchronous deletion across every system can make the user request fragile. An explicit progress state and bounded asynchronous cleanup may be more robust, provided access is controlled immediately according to policy."
}